Dr. Sue Burdick

Dr. Burdick came to the GA/AL District in August 2010 to serve as the assistant superintendent.  Most recently she had served as where she had served as the DDESS-Guam deputy superintendent since September 2000.  

A native of Massachusetts, Dr. Burdick began her career with DoDEA in 1974 as a science teacher in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  In 1981, she was selected to serve in her first position as an administrator.    

Transferring to Seoul American High School in the Republic of Korea in 1977, Dr. Burdick again taught science, sponsored student council, and initiated peninsula-wide activities among the DoDEA and international schools such as the Brain Bowl and Middle School Spelling Bee.  Following a two-year tour in Korea, Dr. Burdick transferred to Kubasaki High School in Okinawa as a science teacher and the CWE coordinator.  In 1981 she was promoted to the assistant principalship at Kinnick High School, Yokosuka, Japan.    

In 1983 Dr. Burdick received a Fellowship from Michigan State University to complete her doctoral residency.  Her doctoral dissertation was completed in 1986 and her Ph.D. was awarded in K-12 Educational Administration in March 1987.    

Returning to DoDEA in 1984 after her doctoral residency, Dr. Burdick served as the assistant principal at Zama High School for one year before being promoted to Science Coordinator for the DoDDS Pacific Region.  In this position she assumed the responsibility for the K-12 science curriculum for 24,000 students in Japan, Okinawa, Korea, and the Philippines.  The following year in 1986, Dr. Burdick was promoted to the principalship at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa District.  Since that time she has been a principal at the K-12 level at four different schools to include Sasebo, Japan, Taegu Korea, and Camp Zama, Japan.   In 1992, Dr. Burdick received the National Distinguished Principal's Award from the US Secretary of Education.

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